pouring all one's efforts into a single issue (goal, etc.); focusing entirely on one objective; single-minded approach; concentrated all-out effort; targeted strike
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
stimulating; exciting; provocative
right to choose; a say; option
(phenotypic) trait; (hereditary) character; allele
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
representative; exemplary; model
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
true state; actual condition; reality
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
standing firm; holding out
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January